There are many great accounts to follow on Twitter for data visualisation, real-time data analysis and information on development trends and world events. Data visualisations are a useful tool for generating lines of inquiry on a topic and finding inspiration online is easy.
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Our World in Data, creators of the SDG-Tracker resources do a fantastic job of mapping and visualising global development data.
Check out Try https://thetruesize.com to see how the Mercator projection skews our worldview.
Simon Kuestenmacher of the Demographics Group in Melbourne gathers and shares data visualisations from across the internet.
Follow the #Factfulness hashtag to find more like-minded souls!
A rock star of the #datavis world, David McCandless's "Information is Beautiful" presents accessible, interactive and referenced visualisations of global issues, complex topics and big numbers. One key to successful datavis is making the hard-to-conceptualise visible.
The Charity Navigator site compiles transparency data for many charities, mostly in the US. This can be useful if you are finding out who is working on a global issue, and out of the many available charities, who might be the most reliable to connect with.
